Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-02-08
NO APPOINTMENT
10 The NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME
COURT BENCH.
The Governor Consulting with Promi'
nsnt Lawyers-A Dull Day
in the Legislature.
lspecI.l .eIogram to the plspa.ch.l

RALEIGH, n. g., February tom
trary TO general opinion, Governor
Scales did not I'll the vacancy on the
Supreme Court bench caused by JUS
tice Ashes death. He has been in con-
ference with prominent lawyers to-day
To-day Observation-Disclosures began
work here preparatory TO the next cam
paign. They began TO circulate peti-
tions TO the county commissioners TO
order another election on the first Mon
day in June on the question of liquor
or no liquor.
The Supreme Court adjourned to-day
as mark Of respect TO the late Justice
Ashe. A committee was appointed az
meeting of the bar to draft suitable
resolutions.
The Second Baptist church Of tins
city to-day called Rev. j. w. Ford, OF
La Grange, Ga, TO be its pastor.
The sessions of the Senate and House
to-day were uninteresting. II was pri-
yate and local-bill day in both branches,
and no important matters were con-
sidered.
There was little sensation in the
House caused by the speech of ex-Gov-
ernor Brogden on a question OF per
sonal privilege. He read an editorial
in last weeks Wilmington Star, in which
his speech in support of the bill to abolish
county government was dissected and
ridiculed. Brogden spoke by name of
Editor Kingsbury, of the star, in amoSt
violently abusive way. His Language
was gross and undignified. The House
roared with laughter at Brogden, who
was very angry.
The only discussion OF the day was on
the bill to repeal the no-fence law IN
Franklin, but Nat Macon, its intro
Queer, finally withdrew it, after Leazar.
Overman, and Osborne had discounted
him. The House took up private and
local bills.
THE BINGHAM CAsE-AGAIN.
It is now said that Walter Bingham
has left the asylum where he has been
in hiding, and that he has made his way
to Alamance county through Virginia.
The Durham Recorder declares that he
has been at his home since the murder,
and il saws that, besides, he has actual
" visited the scene of his crime. This
is a strange declaration-one OF the
most remarkable made about the whole
affair. An officer of the law said to
your correspondent that if ever Bing-
ham were brought to trial land never
otherwise) facts would be brought to
light which would give such character
to the murder rs to make it more horri-
bic than even the most sensational I'M
agination could conceive.
YORK VS.. WEBSTER.
There is no good blood between the
leader of the Republicans in the House
and the Speaker York shows his ami
mostly very plainly. The Independents
have no friends. York has introduced
resolution in regard to Webster
double vote on the bill to create rail
way commission. That resolution was,
| by the vote of the Democrats and In
dependents, put in the hands of the
Judiciary Committee, which will make
an untayorable report; so Webster will
come ont all right. As Il matter OF re-
cord. the text Of the resolution Is
| given:
| d" RcsOlrCd. That the action of the
Speaker of this House in casting two
votes on February 81 on the bill to
create railway commission was I'M
parliamentary, and that it is the sense
of this House that the bill did not pass
its second reading
| VERY SHARP PosTMIsTRESs.
Miss Mamie c. Hoke, a niece of
General Il. +. Hoke, is pOStmistress at
Lincolnton. She has woman's cum
ming, and so always hides the registered
packages aad money. Wednesday night
a party of burglars visited the post
Office, pried open the door, entered,
and opened all the drawers, &c. They
got only some letters and postage
stamps, but no money. Though they
had evidently searched the entire office
they had failed to find what the sharp
spostmistress had hidden.